Business Management - Operations

Chicago, IL—Alcan announces the appointment of Ilene Gordon, 53, to president and chief executive officer of Alcan Packaging and senior vice president of Alcan Inc. Ms. Gordon, who is presently president of Alcan Packaging Food Americas sector, succeeds Christel Bories, who was recently appointed president and CEO of Alcan Engineered Products. Both appointments take effect December 1, 2006. Ms. Gordon also becomes a member of Alcan’s executive committee. She will relocate her primary office from Chicago, U.S.A., to Paris, France, where the group is headquartered. Ms. Gordon will be succeeded in her present role by Mike Schmitt, currently president of Alcan Packaging Food Americas’ Food and

In the world of printed and thin film electronics, OLEDs appear to have the most potential for many years to come. This is because they are as relevant to lighting and signage as to moving colour displays. OLEDs have been early to commercialisation with sales of hundreds of millions of dollars yearly already. However, achieving the wide potential calls for advances in both device and production technology. To achieve these advances calls for new materials and new device geometry and deposition. We even need co-deposition of necessary ancillary components such as power sources and back plane drive circuits if we are to reduce cost

Parelec Inc., a global supplier of inks for fully additive printing of electronic circuits, announced that Steven L. Ludmerer is leaving the company effective October 31, 2006. Ludmerer has been part of Parelec since 1999. Geva Barash, Parelec’s Chief Executive Officer, has been named its new President. Barash has worldwide industry knowledge in RFID, as well as in graphic arts printing. Prior to joining Parelec, Barash was Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Nur America and CEO of I-Ray technologies US subsidiary. “Steve brought a lot to Parelec, especially following prominent positions held at DuPont and Union Carbide/Dow. He will likewise bring a

MINNEAPOLIS – A new Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LX sheetfed press with ultraviolet (UV) printing and coating capabilities fits perfectly into UpFront’s growth strategy. It is similar to the press that Mitsubishi demonstrated at Graph Expo & Converting Expo 2006. Installed in August 2006, the six-color, 40˝ press prints on 0.002˝ paper to 0.040˝ carton stock. It also accommodates vinyls, styrene, polyesters and static-cling substrates. The UV process shortens production times, because the product is dry and can be finished more quickly than with conventional printing. “We produce food packaging and collateral for luxury brands,” said Chris Hamrin, president. “We also print a lot of credit

Chicago was a busy place during the second week in September. The city hosted Labelexpo Americas 2006 with its 450+ exhibitiors and more than 13,000 visitors, many of whom gave the show a distinct international flare. Along with a steady flow of traffic during the four-day event, the show featured a wealth of significant new products introduced to the label printing market. The following rundown presents a brief review of some of the highlights. Lots to see Avery Dennison announced the acquisition of RF IDentics, a start-up company with technologies and manufacturing assets to enhance its RFID product offerings. UPM Raflatac reviewed its plans

LINTHICUM, Md.—The Flexible Packaging Association’s 2006 Fall Executive Conference will be held Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at The Drake Hotel in Chicago. The conference theme is "The Impact of Globalization on the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry." The agenda includes presentations by Michael Richmond, PhD of Packaging & Technology Integrated Solutions and Graham Cox of Pira International. The presentation will detail the results of research conducted on the dynamics of globalization and the opportunities it creates within the industry. Also featured are author John Caslione, Neil Rogers of Procter & Gamble, Amit Sheth of Environmental Packaging International, and a panel discussion on global sourcing strategies.

HELSINKI, FINDLAND—UPM Raflatac has announced its plans to build a new pressure sensitive labelstock factory in Dixon, IL, 105 miles west of Chicago. The new factory will focus on serving label converters in the important U.S. Midwest marketplace. The construction of the new facility will start immediately and be completed during the first quarter of 2008. The value of the investment will be approximately $109 million. The new factory will offer UPM Raflatac's full North American product range of paper and film products. It will feature UPM Raflatac's latest, proprietary technical solutions both in the coating and finishing areas. "Our target is to be the number

Flexible packaging represents a dynamic market for growth. Substantial opportunities exist in many of its sub-categories, with pouches ranking right up there at the top of the mix. While many package printers are positioning themselves to get a piece of this action, there are any number of companies that are already well established in this arena. CLP, an Israel-based company that does business in 26 countries around the world, happens to be one of them. Rooted in plastic CLP was founded in 1971 in Kibbutz Negba, Israel in a regional effort to diversify the area’s economic base by getting into the plastics industry. The

The July issue of packagePRINTING will include the annual edition of the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute’s (TLMI) Products & Services Guide. This extensive listing provides a compilation of TLMI converter and supplier member contact information and service profiles. The contact information and company capability profiles are provided separately for converter and supplier members. The capabilities and products and services offered by both converter and supplier members are presented in a series of extensive charts that make it easy to find any products or services you might need.

During this hour-long seminar, Sean Craig, product manager, Tidland Corp., will explain what factors should be considered in leveraging the latest shaft technology to optimize the performance of rewind and unwind applications. Attendees of this e-seminar, “Best Under Pressure, Performance Considerations for Core Shaft Selection,” will learn how to safely unwind large diameter rolls and maintain consistent tension, minimize vibration in surface and high speed winding, successfully wind product without cores, minimize ergonomic injuries in core shaft handling and roll loading, and equalize tension across multiple rolls in spite of caliper variation in the web. To register for the seminar, visit www.tidland.com/eseminar